WEBVTT ARTS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.DAVE ROBERTS IS LIVE. >> BIG CHANGE, BUT -- TRUMP SUPPORTERS SAY SHOVING DOWN THE ANA WOULD BE -- EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS, PEOPLE THAT GET THOSE GRANTS. >> WE JUST RECEIVED ONE IN THE SUMMER O 2016 FOR A SPECIAL EXHIBITION.>> A TRAVELING EXHIBIT SHOWCASING THE ART OF NEBRASKA NATIVE SHEILA HICKS.>> JOSLYN ART MUSEUM SAID FEDERAL CUTS WOULD HURT THE EXTRAS.>> IT WOULD BE CHALLENGING TO US, AWARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PRIVATE DOLLARS AND WE HAVE A GREAT SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS THE STATE, BUT WENEED ADDITIONAL DOLLARS BEYOND THAT. >> SINCE 19LE 8 THE -- ART PROGRAMS IN OMAHA AND NOT JUST FOR PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES. >> WE GET $25,000 FROM THEM, SO IT'S NOT NOTHING.>> FEDERAL NEA GRANTS AALLOW THETHEATRE TO BRING SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS TO OMAHA.>> IT'S ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE THAT COMES FROM GOVERNMENT SUPPORT, SKITH ENOUGH, 8 ERRORS.>> SUPPORTERS OF CUTTING THE NEASAID IT WOULD -- RECIPIENTS SAY IT WOULD CERTAINLY CHANGE THE WAY THEY OPERATE.>> WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO MAKE CUTS IF WE DIDN'T GET FUNDING, ESPECIALLY THE FUNDING WE'RE COUNTING ON FOR 2017.>> IT'S UNCLEAR IF AND WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD MAKE CHANGES TO THE NEA.FISCAL CONSERVATIVES WANT IT

President Donald Trump's not wasting time trying to fulfill promises made to voters.

Among those are sweeping budget cuts.

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One proposal eliminates the National Endowment for the Arts, an agency with millions of dollars invested in Omaha.

It’s a big chunk of change, but a small percent of the total arts funding here in the city.

Trump’s supporters said that closing the NEA would have little impact on the art world.

Nonprofit groups that get the grants said every dollar matters.

"We just received one in the summer of 2016 for our special exhibition on Sheila Hicks,” said Hillary Nather-Detisch, Joslyn Art Museum, director of development.

A $20,000 federal grant made the Hicks gallery possible.

Joslyn Art Museum officials said federal cuts would hurt the special extras they enjoy offering.

"It would be really challenging to be honest with you. I think that we are always looking for private funding dollars and we have a great amount of support from community members across the state. People who really love the Jocelyn, but we need additional dollars beyond that,” said Nather-Detisch.

Since 1998, the NEA's granted $15.5 million to arts programs in Omaha and not just for painting and sculptures.

"We get $25,000 from them. So it's not nothing,” said Rachel Jacobson, Film Streams Executive Director.

Nonprofit cinema Film Streams said federal near grants allow the theater to bring special engagements to Omaha.

"It's only a small percentage that really comes from government support, but it's significant enough that about 8 percent,” said Jacobson.

Supporters of cutting the NEA said private donations would fill the void once served by federal grants.

Recipients said it would certainly change the way they operate.

"We would have to make some decisions. We will have to make some cuts if we didn't get the funding. Especially the funding that we are counting on for 2017,” said Jacobson.